Prakrit Proper Names (Agamic Index I) v1.c5.s20.449

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Pāvā Majjhimā A town also mentioned as Majjhimā(1) Majjhimāpayaṇ and Majjhimā Pāvā Mahāvīra after having attained omniscience visited this place and stayed in the Mahāseṇavaṇa park of this place At that time Brahmin Somila(2) was performing a big yajna (sacrifice) Mahāvīra's second samosaraṇa-sama asaraṇa was held here He attained the status of dhammavaracakkavaṭṭi=dharmavaracakravartin as he delivered here his great sermon 2 He initiated Indabhūi and other ten Brahmins and appointed them as his Gaṇadharas 3 Second samavasaraṇa of Mahāpauma(10) will also be held here He will also initiate eleven Gaṇadharas 4 This place is identified with modern Pavapuri seven miles to the east of Bihar-Sarif in Bihar The Kalpasutra mentions that Mahāvīra passed his last rainy